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Eh, when it comes to individual actions I don't like blaming the victim. But when it comes to a business enterprise offering public services I will 100% blame the victim. This includes sole proprietorships.

When it comes to the world outside my door, I expect the rule of law to keep me relatively safe against the actions of criminals, and the fault of any action is that of the criminals.

This breaks down on a multinational internet. Not only are the police unable to protect you, by enabling particular kinds of criminal actions you can de facto be complicit in their execution. Some dude in Russia is never going to jail for the CP on your server... but you are.




Police typically act after a crime is committed, possibly during but definitely not before unless they are explicitly tasked with that (for instance: to protect elected official).


awful take




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